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Hello, I just found the game and I like it. I was wondering if you plan on releasing a buy it on Itch.io or steam ? as monthly subscription models are not something I can do. Good work so far and best of luck

OtB Games1 day ago

Thanks. Yes, I’m planning to release the game on Steam. The store page should be ready around autumn. I’m using itch.io just as a free platform for promotion, since you can’t sell NSFW content there — or rather, the game would disappear from search and indexing, which is why I stopped selling it there.

skiwise23 hours ago(+1)

Thank you for the reply I very much look forward to that. I am not sure how it works but i have (donated /bought) a few games On itch.io to be fair it has been some time so it might have change so not sure. thank you again for your work

OtB Games2 hours ago (5 edits)

I have just rebuilt the game and re-uploaded the archive. Please try downloading it again to see if the new build fixes the issue.

Since I don’t own a Mac myself, it can be a bit tricky for me to troubleshoot macOS-specific bugs firsthand.

I reached out to an AI tool to analyze your issue, and here are the recommended steps if the fresh download still won’t open:

Remove the macOS Quarantine.

macOS often silently blocks newly downloaded apps from launching.

You can bypass this using the Terminal:

Open the Terminal app on your Mac (press Cmd + Space and type “Terminal”). Copy and paste the following command, then press Enter:

bash

xattr -cr /Applications/LaylaShatteredHopes.app

(Note: If the game is not in your Applications folder, type xattr -cr with a space at the end, and then drag-and-drop the game’s .app file directly into the Terminal window before pressing Enter).

The built-in macOS utility sometimes corrupts file permissions inside Ren’Py ZIP folders during extraction.

Delete the current extracted folder.Extract the new ZIP archive using a free alternative like The Unarchiver or Keka, then try launching it.

If it still won’t open, we can force macOS to show us the exact error:

Right-click (or Ctrl-click) on LaylaShatteredHopes.app and select Show Package Contents.

Go to Contents → MacOS.

Double-click the executable file inside (usually named LaylaShatteredHopes).

A Terminal window will open. If the game crashes, please copy and paste the text from that window and send it to me.